2008-2-PHI130.Essay.1
PHI130 Essay 1
Question
What is the aim of the Socratic dialectic? What method does it use to reach this aim? Use an example taken from the Reader (Apology of Socrates), or another text by Plato, as a case study.
You must draw on the relevant readings from the unit guide (as well as some from the further reading list) and on the material discussed in lectures (as well as your own thoughts and/or responses to the readings and lecture material) to write your essay.
Draft
Notes
Aim: to demonstrate ignorance.
Method: interrogation.
Example: Socrates' questioning of Meletus at his trial.
Readings from the unit guide: Apology of Socrates. Lecture material: Socrates. Further reading: Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher, Plato and the Socratic Dialogue: The Philosophical Use of a Literary Form